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bubonic plague
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marked by buboes enlarged lymph nodes in armpit and groin
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Clostridium perfringens
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produced by the gas and toxins that cause myonecrosis and sepsis. progression to toxemia and shock is often very rapid
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buboes
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enlarged lymph nodes in the armpit of groin from the bubonic plague
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signs of rheumatic fever
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migratory arthritis a skin rash and chorea
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endemic murine typhus
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is carried by rat flea and is usually found in Texas acute fever headache muscle pain and rash
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reduced blood flow to a blocked extremity mean
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reduced oxygen supply leading to necrosis of tissues
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rheumatic fever is caused by
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Streptococcus pyogenes as a complications of untreated strep throat
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most post surgical wound infections are caused by
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Staphylococcus aureus due to the lack of aseptic techniques
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how many women in the US in the mid 1800's died giving birth because of unclean hands of those helping with labor and delivery and contaminated instruments
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1 in 4
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malaria is marked by
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2 day cycles in urethra sites are the characteristics shaking chills high fever of 104 to 106 degrees Fahrenheit , followed by intense fatigue headache and mild delirium
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pneumonic plague is caused by
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Yersinia pestis also called the Black Death do to black blue areas of hemorrhage do to disseminated intravascular coagulation
victim died the same day as signs appear |
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endocarditis results from an infection that causes growths called vegetation on the edges of the heart valves
a piece can break off and cause serious complications such as |
heart attack stroke or pulmonary obstruction
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migratory arthritis
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rheumatic fever
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rhodnius
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the kissing bug because it bites your lips when the victim is sleeping is vector for American Trypanosomiasis or chagas disease
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the vegetation associate with endocarditis
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collecting rose on the heart valves is composed of platelet cells fibrin threads and bacteria
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endocarditis results from an infection that causes growths called vegetation on the valves of the heart apiece can easily break off and cause serious complications such as
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heart attack stroke or pulmonary obstruction
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causes Burkitt's lymphoma infectious mononucleosis and chronic fatigue syndrome
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epstein barr virus
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Burkitt's lymphoma
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fast growing cancer of the jaw caused by Epstein Barr virus and opportunistic when malaria impairs immune system firstvirus associated with the human tumor
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female Anopheles mosquitoes
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primary host for Plasmodium vivax life cycle
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the vegetation associated with endocarditis that collects and grows in the heart valve is composed of
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platelets fibrin threads and bacteria
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lymphangitis
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bacterial infections of the lymphatic system
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dr. Walter Reed
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discover the first known case of verse transmission by an insect the Aedes mosquito and yellow fever virus
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subacute bacterial endocarditis
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usually restricted to the left heaet valves damaged by birth defect or rheumatic fever fatigue over a period of weeks / months heart failure stroke may occur
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hyperbaric treatments
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pressurized oxygen helpful inviting gas gangrene caused by Clostridium perfringens is anaerobic
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colostridium perfringens environment
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anaerobic hyperbaric oxygen treatment and debridement scraping are used to treat infection around
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infectious mononucleosis
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kissing disease
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pneumonic plague
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Yersinia pestis also called the Black Death because of blue black areas of hemorrhage do to disseminated intravascular coagulation victims usually died the same day signs appear
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the last major bubonic plague
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occurred in India from 1900 to 1920 were 10 million people died
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pneumonic plague is caused by Yersinia pestis also called the Black Death because of blue black areas of hemorrhage due to blank
victims usually died the same day that symptoms appear |
disseminated intravascular coagulation
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turbulent blood flows arrounf a damaged valve causes a thrombus (surface blood clots) to develop, the clot traps circulatary organisms and then forms of mass with the clot, eventually a blank travels until it gets stuck
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embolus- a piece of thrombus that breaks off
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turbulent blood flows arrounf a damaged valve causes a blank to develop, the clot traps circulatary organisms and then forms of mass with the clot, eventually a embolus( a piece of drama that breaks off) travels until it gets stuck
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a thrombus thin surface blood clot
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an infection caused by an anaerobic bacteria such as Clostridium perfringens should heal from the
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inside out
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malaria is caused by
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Plasmodium vivax transmitted by the female Anopheles mosquito
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discovered in the 1900, First approved in 2000, blank is a synthetic antibiotic use for the treatment of serious infections caused by gram positive bacteria resistant to other antibiotics
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zyvox
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monkeys in Central and South America and Africa are reservoirs for
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yellow fever
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septicemia can lead to
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septic shock caused by endotoxins of many gram negative bacteria peripheral blood vessels constrict, causing oxygen starvation to the tissues, rapid breathing heartbeat, a drop in blood pressure, mental confusion, coma, and possibly death
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Burkitt's lymphoma
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a fast growing cancer of the jaw more common in African children caused by Epstein Barr virus and opportunistic when malaria impairs the host system
first virus-associated with the human tumor |
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following the 10 to 14 days cycling hepatocytes the malarial parasite
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initiates 2 day cycles in erythrocytes this marks the deadly phase of the disease shaking chills and high fever
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Yersinia pestis is transmitted by
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rodent flea such as Xenopsylla
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the bonic plague is now
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endemic permantly established in the Southwest us and populations of many different rodents fleas
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septicemia is caused by a variety of bacteria especially blank
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gram-negative species such as e.coli with endotoxins in their cell walls
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PRSA
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penicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus discovered in 1947 four years after the drug was masked produced
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typhus fevers are all caused by bacteria transmitted by some type of
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anthropod tick flea or louse vector
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Ab to Streptococcus pyogenes antigen seem to cross react with antigens on joints and cardiac tissue often damaging heart valves and resulting in audible heart sounds called
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murmurs
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gas gangrene is caused by
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toxin produced by Clostridium perfringens often associated with crushing dirty wound causing extensive tissue damage and reduced blood and oxygen supply begins abruptly with pain in the wound intense swelling of abloody Brown thin fluid that is frothy because of gas production
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pneumonic plague is caused by
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Yersinia pestis also called the Black Death because of blue black areas of hemorrhage do to disseminated intravascular coagulation victims usually died the same day that sometimes appear
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colostridium perfringens
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is the anaerobic bacteria that causes gas gangrene
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Burkitt's lymphomas a fast-growing cancer of the blank
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jaw caused by Epstein Barr virus
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Epstein Barr virus infectious mononucleosis replicates in cells of the parotid salivary glands thus blank of an infected individual easily transmitted disease during kissing
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saliva
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yellow fever name
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it really affects the liver resulting in jaundice due to high levels of unprocessed bilirubin and biliverdin pigments
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American Trypanosomiasis
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is also called Chagas disease enlargement of the heart leads to congestive heart failure and death
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yellow fever is carried by
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Aedes mosquito
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dr. Walter Reed discovered
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yellow fever the first viral disease associated with the insect vector Aedes mosquito
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two types of bacterial endocarditis
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subacute and acute both types affect the heart valves but acute is more dangerous and maybe more fatal in a few days/weeks
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rheumatic fever is caused by
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Streptococcus pyogenes is a complication of untreated strep throat
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vancomycin
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the next antibiotic used against MRSA
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dr. Walter Reed proved an insect Aedes mosquito, carry the blank that causes yellow fever
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virus
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Epstein Barr virus asymptomatic and children but fever sore throat weakness and swollen neck lymph glands are symptoms and signs of young adults
self-limiting and usually not fatal nicknamed kissing disease because it spread by saliva |
mononucleosis
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sometimes called blood poisoning bacteria multiplying in the blood leading to septic shock
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septicemia
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puerperal sepsis
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also called childbirth fever can still occur as a nonsocomial infection due to lack of aseptic technique until the turn of the 20th century 25 percent of women would die because of it
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results from an infection that causes growths called vegetation on the valves or other areas of the heart peace can easily break off and cause complications such as heart attack stroke or pulmonary obstruction
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endocarditis
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pulling the 10 to 14 days cycle in our hepatocytes the blank initiates 2 day cycles and erythrocytes this marks the deadly face of the disease with shaking chills and high fever
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malarial parasite
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typhus fever refers to a group of
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arthropod born Rickettsia diseases
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protozoan disease humans get from a domestic cats and improper handling the feces may contaminate food / water especially problem during pregnancy because of drastic effects on the fetus including brain damage blindness and deafness
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toxoplasmosis
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toxoplasmosis is a protozoan disease people can get from
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a domestic cat take care and handling their feces especially when pregnant because of drastic effects on fetus including brain damage blindness and deafness
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malaria is caused by
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Plasmodium vivax transmitted by the female Anopheles mosquito part of the cycle in humans involves reproduction in erythrocytes these 48 hour cycles are characterized by severe fever and chills
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malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax transmitted by the female
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Anopheles mosquito
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if septicemia worsens into septic shock there's a blank chance of survival
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50%
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during mononucleosis infected B lymphocytes in parotid salivary glands develop into blank and secrete non specific antibodies called heterophile antibodies
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plasma cells
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MRSA
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serious nonsocomial infections now found out in the general community
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how does yellow fever affect the liver
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results and jaundice due to a buildup of unprocessed bilirubin and biliverdin pigments
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should not handle cat litter boxes because of drastic effects of toxoplasmosis
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pregnant women
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epidemic typhus
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louse born disease indicative of unsanitary living conditions
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death from bubonic plague
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it's marked by sudden onset of chilled and high fever followed by the appearance of Buboes enlarged lymph nodes specially armpit in groin
death occurs from toxins produced by large populations of bacteria which caused circulatory collapse and heart failure |
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black vomit from gastrointestinal hemorrhaging is characteristic of
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yellow fever
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antibodies to the Streptococcus pyogenes antigen seem to cross react with antigens on joints and cardiac tissues often
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damaging heart valves and resulting in heart murmurs
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VISA yr
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1995
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rheumatic fever is often precipitated by untreated strep throat and or blank
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scarlet fever antibodies to the strep antigen seem to cross react with antigens on joints brain skin and cardiac tissues so the damage gets worse each time
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causes enlarged lymph nodes in the armpit and groin called buboes
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bubonic plague
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subacute bacterial endocarditis is usually isolated to the left heart valve already damaged by birth defect or blank
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rheumatic fever
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Puerperal sepsis
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also called childbirth fever usually a nonsocomial infection due to lack of sanitation of personnel until the turn of the 20th century 25 percent of women would die
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endocarditis refers to inflammation of the endocardium the interlayer the heart and the covering of the cordae tendinae and valves
it is characterized by distinctive growth on the surface called blank which are masses of platelets fibrin threads and bacteria |
vegetation
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bacterial endocarditis gains access to the blood during
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dental procedures on abscessed teeth surgery or injury
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discover the first known cause of virus transmission by an insect Aedes mosquito the yellow fever virus
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Walter Reed
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a group of arthropod borne lice fleas tick Rickettsia disease
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typhus fevers
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endocarditis refers to inflammation of the endocardium the inner layer of the heart and the covering of the chordae tendineae and valve it is characterized by distinctive growths on the surface called vegetation which are masses of
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platelets fibrin threads and bacteria
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infectious mononucleosis replicates in cells of the parents would salivary glands so saliva easily transmits the disease
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Epstein Barr virus
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infectious mononucleosis can now be readily diagnosed with
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a rapid mono test using monoclonal antibodies to detect the nonspecific heterophile antibody
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occurred in India from 1900 to 1920 were 10 million people died
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last major plague epidemic
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symptoms of pnuemonic plague are high fever and skin turning deep shades of blank do to disseminated intravascular coagulation this is how it got its name
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purple black
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the spot fevers like Rocky Mountain are grouped as
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typhus
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bacterial infection of blood is called
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septicemia or sepsis also known as blood poisoning
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Yersinia pestis is transmitted by blank such as
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rodent (rat flea) Xenopsylla
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most affected by elephantitis
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lymphatic system
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because of Clostridium perfringens is anaerobic
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hyperbaric oxygen treatment and debridement scraping open a wound are used to treat infected wounds
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blood poisoning
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infection in the blood also called septicemia or sepsis
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Yersinia pestis is transmitted by rodent fleas such as
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Xenopsylla
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Wuchereria bancrofti
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filaria worm causes elephantitis also known as filariasis
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two thirds of gas gangrene causes affect the
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.extremities
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infectious mononucleosis may be diagnosed by the presence of blank antibodies that are produced by plasma cells and in the parotid salivary gland
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heterophile nonspecific
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typist fevers are all caused by Blank and transmitted by some kind of arthropods vector
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Rickettsia
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also called filariasis is marked by obstruction and swelling of the lymph glands
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elephantitis
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yellow fever malaria and elephantitis can all be prevented by
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mosquito control measures
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refers to a group of anthropoda borne diseases marked by a cute fever headache muscle pain and rash
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typhus fever
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septicemia is caused by a variety of
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bacteria especially gram-negative species such as E. coli with endotoxins and their cell wall
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the secondary host in the Plasmodium vivax life cycle
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humans
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subacute bacterial endocarditis is usually localized to blank heart valves
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left already damaged by birth defect rheumatic fever marked fatigue over a period of weeks months
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